A shocking news has just come to the fans. European newspapers simultaneously confirmed that Lionel Messi has agreed to join Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal club.
The Daily Mail put this shocking news on its front page. According to the British newspaper, Lionel Messi has decided to part ways with PSG, after his relationship with the Paris team became irreparable.
According to the European press, Messi has agreed to join Al Hilal club
Therefore, Messi decided to leave as soon as his contract ended after June 30. The desire of the Argentine superstar is to return to Barcelona. However, the Catalunya team had great financial difficulties. Therefore, it is not easy for Messi to fulfill his wish.
There are still many other options in Europe for Messi, but after consulting with his family, the 36-year-old superstar has decided to leave the old continent. Instead, Messi accepted the really crazy offer of the Al Hilal club, the giant of Saudi football .
By agreeing to join Al Hilal, Messi will have the opportunity to meet his rival Ronaldo in the Riyadh derbies. Because, CR7 is currently wearing the Al Nassr club, enjoying a treatment of 200 million euros per year. That means Messi is paid salary and other benefits twice as much as Ronaldo.
French newspaper L’Equipe reported that Messi has agreed to sign a two-year contract, with a salary of 400 million euros per year. Thus, after completing the 2-year contract, the Argentine superstar will pocket a huge amount of 800 million euros, not to mention other bonuses.
However, there are still certain barriers to this super deal. Accordingly, his wife Antonela Roccuzzo is not really excited about the plan to leave Europe. She worries her family including 3 young children Thiago, Mateo and Ciro will be disturbed life in the Gulf country. During her visits to Saudi Arabia, Antonela was not really impressed with this place.
AFP’s source confirmed that this “blockbuster” transfer has been completed. Messi will welcome the age of 38 in Saudi Arabia, and then have the same task as Cristiano Ronaldo, which is to help this country win the right to host the 2030 World Cup final.
Messi is currently Saudi Arabia’s tourism ambassador, earning a salary of 30 million euros a year. Recently, he had a visit to the Gulf country but caused a big controversy. The owner club PSG fined the 2022 World Cup champion not to play 2 matches with the act of skipping practice. This incident made Messi not interested in renewing with PSG.